[Elecraft] Re: K3 Accessory Connector

[wayne burdick]

Julian G4ILO wrote:

> I found this specification sheet
> http://www.erni.com/DB/PDF/TMC/ERNI-TMC-Connectors-e.pdf which
> suggests that these connectors are good for 200 mating cycles....

The RS232 connector on my K3 (S/N 00001) has already had a couple of 
thousand mating cycles. (It gets more action than I do, for sure.) I do 
this for fun while waiting for code to compile.

Seriously, in a couple of hundred years as a ham (well, it feels that 
way), I've never seen a D connector with a bad or even loose 
connection. That's why these things have been around since the 
Pleistocene.

73,
Wayne
N6KR


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